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Kantanagar Temple, commonly known as Kantaji Temple or Kantajew Temple ( bn, কান্তজীর মন্দির) at Kantanagar, is a late-medieval
Hindu temple A Hindu temple, or ''mandir'' or ''koil'' in Indian languages, is a house, seat and body of divinity for Hindus. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together through worship, sacrifice, and devotion.; Quote: "The Hind ...
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Dinajpur Dinajpur ( bn, দিনাজপুর ) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bounde ...
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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. The Kantajew Temple is a religious edifice belonging to the 18th century. The temple belongs to the Hindu Kanta or Krishna and this is most popular with the
Radha-Krishna Radha-Krishna (IAST , sa, राधा कृष्ण) are collectively known within Hinduism as the combined forms of feminine as well as the masculine realities of God. Krishna and Radha are the primeval forms of God and his pleasure potenc ...
cult (assemble of memorable love) in
Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
. This temple is dedicated to Krishna and his wife Rukmini. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1722 CE. It is an example of
terracotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based ceramic glaze, unglazed or glazed ceramic where the pottery firing, fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, a ...
architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897.Journey plus - Dinajpur
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Architecture

The temple was built in a
navaratna ''Navaratna'' ( sa, नवरत्न) is a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems" or "ratnas". Jewellery created in this style has important cultural significance in many southern, and south-eastern Asian cultures as a symbol of wealth, st ...
(nine-spired) style before the destruction caused by the earthquake of 1897. The characteristic features of the erections are the four centered and wide multi-cusped arches, the plastered surface of the walls having immense rectangular and square panelings, prominence of the central archway and the central mihirab by making the slightly larger and setting in a projected fronton in the outside directions, the use of ornamental turrets on the either side of the fronton, the semi-octagonal mirirab apertures, the archway opening under half-domes, the Persian muquarnas work in stucco inside the half-domes over the entrance arches and mihirab niches, the bulbous outline of the domes with constructed necks, domes on octagonal drums with lotus and kalasa finials as the crowning elements, the round pendentives to make up the phase of transition for the domes and the multi-faced corner towers rising high above the horizontal merloned parapets.


Gallery

File:Kantajew Temple Comparison.JPG, Comparison File:2.কান্তনগর মন্দির.jpg File:1. কান্তনগর মন্দির.jpg, Top view of the temple File:Kantajew Temple-front.jpg, Temple front File:RadhaKrishn Statue in Kantajew Temple.jpg, Radha-Krishna statue in Kantajew Temple File:Kantaji Temple Dinajpur Bangladesh (10).JPG File:Kantaji Temple Dinajpur Bangladesh (27).JPG, Terracotta File:Kantaji Temple Dinajpur Bangladesh (21).JPG, Terracotta designs on columns near the entrance File:Kantaji Temple Dinajpur Bangladesh (19).JPG, Terracotta designs outside the temple File:Kantajew Temple-Terracotta (পোড়ামাটির ফলক).jpg, Terracotta File:Kan-temple-description.jpg, Description of the temple


See also

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Architecture of Bangladesh Architecture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the architecture of the Bengal region and the broader Indian subcontinent. The architecture of Bangladesh has a long history and is rooted in Bangladesh's culture, religion and history. It has e ...
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List of archaeological sites in Bangladesh This is a list of archaeological sites in Bangladesh: Dhaka Division * Sat Gambuj Mosque * Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque * Bara Katra * Lalbagh Fort * Chhota Katra * Shahbaz Khan Mosque * Musa Khan Mosque * Northbrook Hall * Ruplal House * Rose G ...
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Nayabad Mosque Nayabad Mosque or Noyabaad Mosque, is located in Nayabad village in Kaharole Upazila of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh, beside the Dhepa River. It was built in 1793 CE during the rule of Mughal ruler Shah Alam II. As indicated by local belief it ...
, reputedly built by the architects of Kantajew temple, for their own use


References


External links


Dinajpur.net


{{Hindu temples in Bangladesh Krishna temples Hindu temples in Dinajpur district 18th-century Hindu temples Religious buildings and structures completed in 1752 Archaeological sites in Dinajpur district